Key statistics
Satellite ASTRID 2 at a glance.
Uptime
9866
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ASTRID 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ASTRID 2
International designator: 1998-072B
Object number (NORAD): 25568
Object ID (CCSDS): 25568
Country: SWEDEN (SWED)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.872 minutes
Inclination: 82.9491 deg
SMA: 7366.599 km
Apoapsis: 1005.963 km
Periapsis: 970.965 km
RAAN: 220.6846 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00237544
Argument of periapsis: 240.7039 deg
Mean anomaly: 174.3587 deg
Mean motion: 13.73100076 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000116 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010928244 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ASTRID 2
TLE line 1: 1 25568U 98072B 25347.68884421 .00000116 00000-0 10928-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 25568 82.9491 220.6846 0023754 240.7039 174.3587 13.73100076352514
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ASTRID 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
ASTRID 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 1998, 11:57 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 1998, 11:57 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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